19-year-old arrested for fondling girl at pool

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BURLINGTON, KY (FOX19) -

A man has been arrested for sexually fondling a girl in at a swimming pool in Kentucky, the Boone County Sheriff's Office said.

Authorities said detectives arrested 19-year-old Alexander Kidwell after he admitted to forcibly holding the victim's hands behind her back and touching her inappropriately, even after she told him to stop.

According to police, the incident happened at the swimming pool on Crossings Drive near Burlington.

Kidwell was charged with first degree sexual abuse, which is publishable by up to five years in prison if convicted. He is being held at the Boone County Detention Center.